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Title: The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, November 4, 1897, No. 52
A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls

Author: Various

Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop

Release Date: July 2, 2005 [EBook #16175]

Language: English

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VOL. 1 NOVEMBER 4, 1897. NO. 52

=Copyright, 1897, by THE GREAT ROUND WORLD Publishing Company.=

The situation in Cuba remains much the same.

The noteworthy event of the past week has been a sad and unfortunate
shipwreck which occurred on October 16th.

On that day a Spanish steamer was wrecked off the coast of Pinar del
Rio, while making the trip from Havana to Bahia Honda.

The _Triton_, as the steamer was called, was carrying soldiers'
ammunition, money, and mules to be used against the Cubans in Pinar del
Rio.

According to all accounts the steamer was so heavily laden that when she
started her decks were only a few feet above the level of the water.

It was a very black and stormy night, and many sailors on the dock
expressed fears that the vessel could not weather a storm in her heavily
laden condition.

The trip she had to make was merely a matter of four hours, and the
captain declared himself confident of bringing his vessel safely to
port.

All went well till the _Triton_ was within a few miles of her
destination; when off the coast of Pinar del Rio she ran aground.

Those on board who were saved from the wreck said that the vessel was so
heavily loaded that she was not able to take her usual course, and,
because so much deeper in the water, ran aground on a bank that in her
ordinary trips she could pass over without difficulty.

As long as the vessel had been cutting her way through the water, the
heavy lading had caused little inconvenience, but when she grounded the
waves began t